DuBois Public Library News Column: “Of Thee I Zing: America’s Cultural Decline from Muffin Tops to Body Shots” by Laura Ingraham is a new addition to the DuBois Public Library. In this book Ms. Ingraham, who is a well-known talk show host, uses satire for her commentary on our society. She says we have become our own worst enemy. For example, she laments the fact that Christmas starts earlier every year, airplane seats shrink just as Americans are expanding, Facebook has become a verb, and reading has become an ancient art form. This book is a commentary too funny to ignore. “No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington” by Condoleeza Rice is another new addition to the library. This book tells of her compelling story of eight years serving at the highest levels of government. Condoleeza Rice is a native of Birmingham, AL, who overcame the racism of the civil rights era to become a brilliant academic and expert on foreign affairs. This is her story of secret negotiating rooms, many trips that took her around the globe seeking common ground with bitter enemies, and revealing behind-the-scenes maneuvers that kept the world’s relationships from collapsing.

Read Across America: The DuBois Public Library invites you to celebrate the late Dr. Seuss’s birthday Saturday, March 3rd, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.! There will be stories, crafts, games, a movie, snacks, and a surprise visit from You-Know-Who!

New Non Fic: The Letters of Ernest Hemingway 1907-1922; Women Heroes of World War II: 26 stories of espionage, sabotage, resistance, and rescue by Kathryn Atwood; How the Dog Became the Dog: from wolves to our best friends by Mark Derr; Safe: How to Protect Yourself, Your Family and Your Home by Wayne Lapierre; Car: the definitive visual history of the automobile; Western Pennsylvania Reflections A Natural History of the Piano by Stuart Isacoff; Radio My Way by Ron Chiesa; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals, Birds & Fish of North America by Tom Jackson; Of Thee I Zing: America’s cultural decline from muffin tops to body shots by Laura Ingraham

New Fiction: The Shadow Patrol by Alex Berenson; Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb; Sonoma Rose: an Elm Creek Quilts novel by Jennifer Chiaverini; Death of a Kingfisher: a Hamish Macbeth mystery by M.C. Beaton; Before the Poison by Peter Robinson; Stealing Mona Lisa by Carson Morton; The Jaguar: a Charlie Hood novel by T. Jefferson Parker; Believing the Lie: an Inspector Lynley novel by Elizabeth George; The Look of Love: a Piper Donovan mystery by Mary Jane Clark; Everything Is Illuminated; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

New Children’s Books: J-E Fiction: Starlight Sailor by James Mayhew; My Granny Went to Market: A Round-the-World Counting Rhyme by Stella Blackstone; Star Seeker: A Journey to Outer Space by Theresa Heine; Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon by Jules Bass; We’re Riding on a Caravan: An Adventure on the Silk Road by Laurie Krebs; J Fiction: Ivy and Bean: What’s the Big Idea! by Annie Barrows; The Meaning of Life and Other Stuff by Jimmy Gownley; Hound Dog True by Linda Urban; Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson; Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus; J Non Fiction: What’s In My Food? Minerals by George Ivanoff; The Greatest Players: Baseball by Steve Goldsworthy; Science Crackers: Fizzing Physics by Steve Parker; The Barefoot Book of Faeries by Tanya Robyn Batt; Tales of Mystery and Magic by Hugh Lupton

New YA Fiction: Girls Don’t Fly by Kristen Chandler; The Death Cure (Sequel to The Scorch Trials) by James Dashner; Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber; Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs; Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler; Eve by Anna Carey